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LOT 3003
Elagabalus AE 20mm of Petra, Decapolis. AD 218-222.
[...] ΑИTOИIИV, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PET[...] COLON, founder, raising his right hand and plowing with yoke of oxen to right. Unrecorded obverse legend in standard references including RPC VI, Rosenberger, Sofaer and SNG ANS. Vey Fine.(7.68gr, 20mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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